SAP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

SAP
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 56 42
Rank change year-on-year +5 -14 +53
Contract jobs citing SAP 90 75 103
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.67% 4.04% 4.78%
As % of the Vendors category 8.82% 8.67% 10.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 33 78
10th Percentile £428 £410 £430
25th Percentile £532 £463 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -10.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £750 £625 £756
90th Percentile £848 £754 £863
Central London median daily rate £600 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +14.33% -8.70% +2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £61.25 £146.25
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £147.50
Median % change year-on-year - -57.63% -
75th Percentile - £63.75 £148.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £58.92 £62.50 £147.50
% change year-on-year -5.73% -57.63% -

All Vendors
City of London

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,020 865 961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.58% 46.63% 44.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 680 541 693
10th Percentile £362 £315 £328
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £553
Median % change year-on-year - -0.45% -1.78%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £786
Central London median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 8
10th Percentile - £22.53 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.91 £15.19
Median hourly rate £19.50 £38.58 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.45% +92.88% -44.83%
75th Percentile £25.77 £63.75 £27.00
90th Percentile £41.95 £89.67 £63.53
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £32.83 £20.00
% change year-on-year -31.45% +64.13% -20.00%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

SAP job vacancy trend in the City of London

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.11%) Anypoint
1 1 (1.11%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 27 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (6.67%) SAP ERP
3 5 (5.56%) SAP HCM
4 2 (2.22%) iTrent
4 2 (2.22%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (2.22%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (2.22%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.22%) SAP EWM
4 2 (2.22%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.22%) SAP MM
4 2 (2.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (2.22%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (2.22%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.11%) NetSuite
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (1.11%) SAP CRM
5 1 (1.11%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.11%) SAP R/3
5 1 (1.11%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.44%) SuccessFactors
2 7 (7.78%) Azure
3 5 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.33%) AWS
4 3 (3.33%) Boomi
4 3 (3.33%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.33%) SaaS
5 2 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.22%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.22%) Matillion
5 2 (2.22%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.11%) Algolia
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.11%) Serverless
6 1 (1.11%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.44%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (3.33%) Power BI
3 2 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.22%) SAP BW
3 2 (2.22%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.11%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (1.11%) GIS
4 1 (1.11%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.11%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.11%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.11%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.11%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.11%) ER Studio
1 1 (1.11%) JIRA
General
1 23 (25.56%) Finance
1 23 (25.56%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.78%) Billing
4 5 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.44%) Law
5 4 (4.44%) Local Government
6 3 (3.33%) Retail
7 2 (2.22%) Banking
7 2 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.22%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.22%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.11%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.11%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.11%) Legal
8 1 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (23.33%) Architect
2 17 (18.89%) Consultant
3 14 (15.56%) SAP Consultant
4 12 (13.33%) Analyst
4 12 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (7.78%) SAP Manager
6 6 (6.67%) Lead
7 5 (5.56%) Functional Consultant
7 5 (5.56%) Project Manager
7 5 (5.56%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 4 (4.44%) Cutover Manager
8 4 (4.44%) SAP Cutover Manager
9 3 (3.33%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.33%) Integration Architect
9 3 (3.33%) Oracle Consultant
9 3 (3.33%) Report Analyst
9 3 (3.33%) SAP Architect
9 3 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 3 (3.33%) Senior
9 3 (3.33%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.11%) Middleware
2 8 (8.89%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (4.44%) JSON
3 4 (4.44%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (3.33%) OAuth
4 3 (3.33%) XML
5 2 (2.22%) EDI
5 2 (2.22%) IDoc
5 2 (2.22%) JWT
5 2 (2.22%) OAuth2
5 2 (2.22%) REST
5 2 (2.22%) SAML
5 2 (2.22%) SOAP
6 1 (1.11%) OpenAPI
6 1 (1.11%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (1.11%) RAML
6 1 (1.11%) React
6 1 (1.11%) SAP PI
6 1 (1.11%) Snowpark
6 1 (1.11%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (3.33%) Data Structures
2 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (3.33%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.22%) FMCG
3 2 (2.22%) IoT
3 2 (2.22%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.22%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.22%) Replication
4 1 (1.11%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.11%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.11%) Life Science
4 1 (1.11%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.11%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (30.00%) ERP
2 24 (26.67%) Migration
3 17 (18.89%) Data Migration
3 17 (18.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (14.44%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 9 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 8 (8.89%) Data Modelling
7 8 (8.89%) Integration Patterns
8 7 (7.78%) Project Management
8 7 (7.78%) Risk Management
8 7 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (6.67%) Data Governance
9 6 (6.67%) Data Mapping
9 6 (6.67%) ETL
9 6 (6.67%) Technology Roadmap
9 6 (6.67%) Validation
10 5 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (5.56%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.56%) SQL
2 3 (3.33%) ABAP
3 1 (1.11%) C#
3 1 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.11%) Java
3 1 (1.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (5.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.33%) PMI Certification
2 3 (3.33%) PMP
2 3 (3.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.22%) CIPD
4 1 (1.11%) CISM
4 1 (1.11%) CISSP
4 1 (1.11%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.78%) GDPR
2 5 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.56%) QA
3 3 (3.33%) GRC
3 3 (3.33%) PMO
4 2 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.11%) GAAP
5 1 (1.11%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.11%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (2.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.22%) IAG
Vendors
1 23 (25.56%) Oracle
2 14 (15.56%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.67%) Ariba
4 4 (4.44%) MuleSoft
4 4 (4.44%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.44%) Workday
5 3 (3.33%) Databricks
6 2 (2.22%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.22%) Informatica
6 2 (2.22%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.11%) Concur
7 1 (1.11%) ESRI
7 1 (1.11%) Google
7 1 (1.11%) IFS
7 1 (1.11%) Kronos
7 1 (1.11%) OpenText
7 1 (1.11%) Palantir
7 1 (1.11%) Planon
7 1 (1.11%) Qualtrics
7 1 (1.11%) Talend